... 36Vettehen, Nuijten, and Beentjes, "News in an Age of Competition," 283. Page 12. .... more ... 36Vettehen, Nuijten, and Beentjes, "News in an Age of Competition," 283. Page 12. ... 40Kevin G. Barnhurst and Ellen Wartella, "Newspapers and Citizenship: Young Adults' Sub-jective Experience of Newspapers," Critical Studies in Mass Communication 8, no. ...
This article discusses the development, reliability, and validity of real-time measures of mobile... more This article discusses the development, reliability, and validity of real-time measures of mobile phone use by means of Interactive Voice Response (IVR) technology, in comparison with traditional questionnaire-generated recall measures. The sample consisted of 211 Israeli adult mobile phone subscribers subdivided by gender and by the amount of airtime that they normally use. The measurements were applied to three questions to which the participants responded via IVR following their incoming and outgoing mobile phone calls during a five-day period: the identity of the person with whom they spoke; their location during the call; and the urgency of the call. These data were compared with recall measures obtained earlier from questionnaires. The article discusses the merits of the IVR real-time data versus those obtained from traditional recall questions asking for past or habitual behaviors.
Journalists interviewed in Iceland, Israel and the US in the aftermath of the Palme assassination... more Journalists interviewed in Iceland, Israel and the US in the aftermath of the Palme assassination gave markedly different accounts of how they first heard of the tragedy. Radio was the predominant first source of diffusion in Iceland, personal contacts were most important in Israel, and in the US no first source predominated. Shock and astonishment were the sharpest initial reactions. Although the event occurred during the early evening in the US, and post-midnight in the other two sites, the US journalists were the slowest to learn of the events. Few had direct professional involvement in their organization's response to the story. Differences among these sets of journalists suggest that time of day, coverage and access factors are more central to the diffusion process than their occupation.
Based on the "uses and gratifications" approach to the mass media, a two-wave panel stu... more Based on the "uses and gratifications" approach to the mass media, a two-wave panel study during and following the October 1973 Middle East War was conducted to determine the relative contribution of television, radio, and newspapers in fulfilling cognitive, affective, social-integrative, and escapist needs of a sample of housewives. The findings indicate that (a) cognitive needs were most important and escapist and affective needs were least important in both periods, (b) there was more exposure to the electronic media in war-time but no difference for newspapers, and (c) television and radio were generally more helpful in fulfilling most of the media-related needs in war-time compared with peace-time, whereas newspapers generally were less beneficial in fulfilling most of the needs in war-time compared to peace-time.
Since the advent of television in the middle of the 20th century, news has been an essential ingr... more Since the advent of television in the middle of the 20th century, news has been an essential ingredient in TV programming. Often these newscasts are the most heavily viewed programmes, and by and large they are the main source of information for many people. This is particularly true for news from other countries and regions in the world. This immense significance of TV news has made it an important field in communication research. The article presents a new study that is formed from a multinational project. The project investigated foreign TV news in 17 countries from five regions in the world: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan and the United States of America. The data of the content analysis in all these countries in 2008 contain over 17,500 news items. The analysis concentrates on ‘news geography’, a term that is used to describe the extent to which the countries of the planet ...
... EJ204405 - Television Economic News and the Social Construction of Economic Reality. ... ERIC... more ... EJ204405 - Television Economic News and the Social Construction of Economic Reality. ... ERIC #: EJ204405. Title: Television Economic News and the Social Construction of Economic Reality. Authors: Adoni, Hanna; Cohen, Akiba A. ...
Iconic photographs possess broad social and symbolic significance, are widely replicated over tim... more Iconic photographs possess broad social and symbolic significance, are widely replicated over time and circulated across media platforms, and fuel public discussion. In an era of digital memes, they have become generative resources for memetic performances that not only can draw on these images’ historic authority but can also undermine it. Based on the analysis of the ‘Accidental Napalm’ memes, our research leads to a fourfold taxonomy, from memes that expand or expound the meaning of the original picture to those that narrow and potentially destroy its significance. Assessing Hariman and Lucaites’ contention that appropriations of iconic images enhance civic engagement and public culture, we argue that some memes may actually dissolve the original significance of iconic photographs and potentially degrade, rather than enhance, public culture.
... 36Vettehen, Nuijten, and Beentjes, "News in an Age of Competition," 283. Page 12. .... more ... 36Vettehen, Nuijten, and Beentjes, "News in an Age of Competition," 283. Page 12. ... 40Kevin G. Barnhurst and Ellen Wartella, "Newspapers and Citizenship: Young Adults' Sub-jective Experience of Newspapers," Critical Studies in Mass Communication 8, no. ...
This article discusses the development, reliability, and validity of real-time measures of mobile... more This article discusses the development, reliability, and validity of real-time measures of mobile phone use by means of Interactive Voice Response (IVR) technology, in comparison with traditional questionnaire-generated recall measures. The sample consisted of 211 Israeli adult mobile phone subscribers subdivided by gender and by the amount of airtime that they normally use. The measurements were applied to three questions to which the participants responded via IVR following their incoming and outgoing mobile phone calls during a five-day period: the identity of the person with whom they spoke; their location during the call; and the urgency of the call. These data were compared with recall measures obtained earlier from questionnaires. The article discusses the merits of the IVR real-time data versus those obtained from traditional recall questions asking for past or habitual behaviors.
Journalists interviewed in Iceland, Israel and the US in the aftermath of the Palme assassination... more Journalists interviewed in Iceland, Israel and the US in the aftermath of the Palme assassination gave markedly different accounts of how they first heard of the tragedy. Radio was the predominant first source of diffusion in Iceland, personal contacts were most important in Israel, and in the US no first source predominated. Shock and astonishment were the sharpest initial reactions. Although the event occurred during the early evening in the US, and post-midnight in the other two sites, the US journalists were the slowest to learn of the events. Few had direct professional involvement in their organization's response to the story. Differences among these sets of journalists suggest that time of day, coverage and access factors are more central to the diffusion process than their occupation.
Based on the "uses and gratifications" approach to the mass media, a two-wave panel stu... more Based on the "uses and gratifications" approach to the mass media, a two-wave panel study during and following the October 1973 Middle East War was conducted to determine the relative contribution of television, radio, and newspapers in fulfilling cognitive, affective, social-integrative, and escapist needs of a sample of housewives. The findings indicate that (a) cognitive needs were most important and escapist and affective needs were least important in both periods, (b) there was more exposure to the electronic media in war-time but no difference for newspapers, and (c) television and radio were generally more helpful in fulfilling most of the media-related needs in war-time compared with peace-time, whereas newspapers generally were less beneficial in fulfilling most of the needs in war-time compared to peace-time.
Since the advent of television in the middle of the 20th century, news has been an essential ingr... more Since the advent of television in the middle of the 20th century, news has been an essential ingredient in TV programming. Often these newscasts are the most heavily viewed programmes, and by and large they are the main source of information for many people. This is particularly true for news from other countries and regions in the world. This immense significance of TV news has made it an important field in communication research. The article presents a new study that is formed from a multinational project. The project investigated foreign TV news in 17 countries from five regions in the world: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan and the United States of America. The data of the content analysis in all these countries in 2008 contain over 17,500 news items. The analysis concentrates on ‘news geography’, a term that is used to describe the extent to which the countries of the planet ...
... EJ204405 - Television Economic News and the Social Construction of Economic Reality. ... ERIC... more ... EJ204405 - Television Economic News and the Social Construction of Economic Reality. ... ERIC #: EJ204405. Title: Television Economic News and the Social Construction of Economic Reality. Authors: Adoni, Hanna; Cohen, Akiba A. ...
Iconic photographs possess broad social and symbolic significance, are widely replicated over tim... more Iconic photographs possess broad social and symbolic significance, are widely replicated over time and circulated across media platforms, and fuel public discussion. In an era of digital memes, they have become generative resources for memetic performances that not only can draw on these images’ historic authority but can also undermine it. Based on the analysis of the ‘Accidental Napalm’ memes, our research leads to a fourfold taxonomy, from memes that expand or expound the meaning of the original picture to those that narrow and potentially destroy its significance. Assessing Hariman and Lucaites’ contention that appropriations of iconic images enhance civic engagement and public culture, we argue that some memes may actually dissolve the original significance of iconic photographs and potentially degrade, rather than enhance, public culture.
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